National Science Foundation

American

noun

U.S. Government.

an independent agency of the executive branch, created in 1950, that promotes and supports research and education in the sciences. NSF

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National Science Foundation and researchers around the world to advance the exploration of the universe.

From Los Angeles Times

A spokesman for the National Science Foundation said the University of Wyoming has been invited to submit a proposal to operate the supercomputer; the college said it is interested.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prior to that, she was a paleoanthropology researcher and received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2016 for work focused on hominin bipedalism.

From The Wall Street Journal

The research team used the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico to follow faint radio emissions from the supernova for about 18 months.

From Science Daily

The research received support from several organizations, including the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Cancer League.

From Science Daily

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